RCE in Anthropic Claude_code

CVE-2025-65099

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool. Prior to version 1.0.39, when running on a machine with Yarn 3.0 or above, Claude Code could have been tricked to execute code contained in a project via yarn plugins before the user accepted the star…

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-65099?
CVE-2025-65099 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Anthropic Claude_code, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-65099?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-65099 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.